Chapter 1 of Rollo in Scotland is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Rollo in Scotland is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BOY THAT WAS NOT LOADED. In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland. There are several ways of going into Scotland from England. One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow. This was the route that Mr. George and Rollo took.
Chapter 1 of Rollo in Scotland is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow
From this reading “One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.”
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.”
largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
From this reading “One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.”
a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports
From this reading “One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “THE BOY THAT WAS NOT LOADED.”
Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)
From this reading “In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.”
an established line of travel or access
From this reading “This was the route that Mr. George and Rollo took.”
plural of “travel” — the act of going from one place to another
From this reading “In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are several ways of going into Scotland from England.
a youthful male person
From this reading THE BOY THAT WAS NOT LOADED.
a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading There are several ways of going into Scotland from England.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There are several ways of going into Scotland from England.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
the act of departing
From this reading There are several ways of going into Scotland from England.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There are several ways of going into Scotland from England.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
filled with a great quantity
From this reading THE BOY THAT WAS NOT LOADED.
a form of address for a man
From this reading This was the route that Mr. George and Rollo took.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE BOY THAT WAS NOT LOADED.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
an established line of travel or access
From this reading This was the route that Mr. George and Rollo took.
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading There are several ways of going into Scotland from England.
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
carry out
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE BOY THAT WAS NOT LOADED.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOY THAT WAS NOT LOADED.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are several ways of going into Scotland from England.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the route that Mr. George and Rollo took.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading This was the route that Mr. George and Rollo took.
plural of “travel” — the act of going from one place to another
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BOY THAT WAS NOT LOADED.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading One way is to take a steamer from Liverpool, and go up the Clyde to Glasgow.
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading There are several ways of going into Scotland from England.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.
Chapter 1 of Rollo in Scotland by Jacob Abbott holds 254 sentences, grouped into 51 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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